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From: les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Kermit for Winsock
Date: 29 Apr 1995 00:59:53 -0500
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In article <3no9n2$shg@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>,
Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu> wrote:
>No this is not the reason for the lack of contributions. The lack of
>contributions is caused by a lack of time. Nowadays, very few people
>who are expert programmers are willing/able to donate the thousands
>of programming hours necessary to implement a good user interface on
>MS Windows, OS/2 PM, X Motif, ....
Yes, this is unfortunate. However, most of the places I use kermit
I would prefer *no* user interface beyond a way to debug the
scripts. Mostly I want a baling wire/chewing gum approach to
getting files moved around automatically when the other end isn't
sensible enough to have uucp, and kermit's ability to chat over
different interfaces with the same script can save a lot of trouble.
However, the available interface is increasingly winsock-only.
Les Mikesell
les@mcs.com